The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-10-18

the TACT that he was warned OF the dangerous
features Of his method OF building. but per-
sisted in them. His disregard Of the warning
was. OF course. due to q lack Of appreciation Of
It's value and there Is no doubt that his reck-
lessness was the recklessness Of ignorance.
That he had no appreciation Of the risk that he
was running is shown by the fact that he was
constantly In and about the building while the
work was going onsand was one OF those
seriously injured by it's fall He was up at the
top Of the structure when 1t fell and was dug
out OF the ruins very near to the body OF O man
killed In the wreck
The school building was intended to be 30x100
feet on the ground and four stories high
It was also intended to DO the home OF the
parish priests. who are now quartered In q
little frame affair Just the other side Of the
church. The plans bear no architects name.
and are supposed to have been made by the
priest with some slight help. A radical defect
in construction was In the length OF the span
Of floor beams. which reached the whole thirty
feet across the building. Under the Build
ing laws they should have had q central
support Of brick piers, and even without
that permanent provision. should at least
have been temporarily braced and stayed
while the work Of building was in progress
They were entirely unsupported, however. ex-
cept at the ends. where they entered the wall
ON the first floor. but above this they were
braced from one story to another with stud
ding joists. Tho result was that all the vibra-
ton Of the steam hod-hoisting machinery. and
OF the carriers walking back and forth to It on
the first floor, and back and forth from 1t on
the top. was communicated to the unsupported
long first floor beams. They. In turn. shook the
green and too rapidly laid brick work OF the
walls, and prevented what bricklayers call Q
good bond.
There were other faults In the wall. Original
ly sixteen inches thick, 1t was in places cut
down to only eight by recesses for building in
bookcases. These were not properly arched
or strengthened. Too many window openings
still further weakened tho side walls. The al
most inevitable result was a crashing down
fall Of the entire structure. standing as 1t did
without the front wall and roof to tie and
strengthen it. For the front was left to tho
last. and little work had been.done upon 1t.
Tho side and rear walls Of the building had
boon carried up four stories. and eleven brick
layers were ut work on them at half-past 8
o'clock yesterday afternoon. Father Kirner
bsrf voss their
building, from the mortar mixers In the cellar
to the hodcarriers on the top, were fifteen
sess snrs force a al at Work ses 0H
the building, With slight premonitory
rumble and shake the structure went down
and . shapeless mass OF brick and broken tim
be r.. lay hea I' up IN place Fl the towering
Ths 'n mem ess9 sssss Down in tn.
wreck were many Of them buried in the debris,
some s by timbers and brieks that crushed and
cred by the same broken and scattered mate
rails. lay In such a way as to be protected from
the weight OF ruins on top OF them.
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bricks overwhelmed little frame blasksmith's
in t. and the sts shop ' %as or aHsi
down upon their heads without Warning; VIII
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Injury but Henry Ksinltz q i54th street Ara
whose , son Robert Levy n years Old Of 245
The boys leg was terribly crashsd and m nnEp
The sq9ryiyors in the blacksmith shop who
Dor Of the workmen who had IN some way.
they knew not how, escaped serious hurt In
the ruins went to work at once to dis out the
dead and injured A rush from every direction
Fo es snS MsPba w Hb h'Ps and
lowed. and then bs sDAR Known sa how lo,
for three, ambulsnces was sent out. which was
siesst II H1 asm ~ Tns
The first man aug out was Father Kirnsr.
He had been thrown forward over the side
under lot Of Seams, but not ' touched Sssp BY
bri SIX he Tas taken to the house Of Dr. E9an
attended * several priests, and wien he re-
covered sufficiently to have the sacrament ad;;
that could be hoped for But after u.
relapse into Inconsistencies DR.. Kirner
ses sss I'd had dns good chance
recovery. No bones were found to be broken.
and internal injuries were not indicated. The
tho spine. Very near the place w6ere the
priest was found a body was dug out. It was
WS b as hst Of JhR
one OF tho injured and the dead mans clutch
upon his companion's coat was so strong that
The efforts OF the first Corners had been in
the meantime reinforced by the fremen. Bat
81 f ast a Rs Ladders Flaot y and
sixteen men in al, four Of them being already
bodies. The four that. were taken from the
as srI ssr to Es rsSos and
gave tho permit In the evening.
This Is . list Of the dead and injured. accord
Ing to last nights returns:
THE DEAD.
ri DgaIM JoHs, lsborsr. ssvsnty-sscond street and
PAoLo aborer 30 Year, old 4ls East 18th
ltTeeL
LAURA. GRoLASo, laborsI nth street and First
avenue.
Sssi a.sss sh e snS . rr: az
md Franklin avenue.
THE INJURED.
BSsS9s. FHAIH 6Eieflaysr fractured leg REMOVED
CiRrER DoaIHlcE aborsr 20 years old III East 10th
reet severe internal injurieA Taken to the Manhattan
Hospital
CoEGRKA DonSIoE, laborer fractured skull and con
uAi0nA 40 East llBth street Harlem Hospital
CONWAY JoHS H. lAborsr II years old 824 East l2st
street injury TO the head Harlem Hospital
Cukro GIUsiyrk AboFer i2th street and First ave-
,ue severe internal injuries Manhattan Hospital
DAgH PLoaAA bricklAysL Soysars old 2CQ West l2sth
lome
)itaI
KiRsEa THE REy. FArHEa EAILIAsus pastor Of the |
church q Our Lady Of Mount Carmel As East 18th
Teet both legs broken confusion Of the spine and
eyere internal INJURIES Taken to his home.
kIKRSAN JOSEPH - old 33t East Seventy. third
treet fractured leg Harlem Hospital
Lazy MAgIlS year. old AS East Hath street. trac-
Mann JosEFH lAborsr, severe injury to the head |